http://www.thedailypage.com/daily Daily content from ISTHMUS | The Daily Page webmaster@isthmus.com (Webmaster) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:54:23 CST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:39 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27505 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27505 Sleek, solemn rock trio The Selfish Gene prevailed last night at the Frequency in the final round of <i>Isthmus</i> Band to Band Combat, the local-music contest staged by your favorite Madison alternative newsweekly. The runner-up was The Midwest Beat, the quartet whose brisk pop songs are drenched in Mersey Sound jangle. The winner was chosen by club patrons, who cast votes. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27501 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27501 Beer and Thanksgiving are intrinsically linked in the settlement of this country -- the Pilgrims had beer on the Mayflower -- so why not serve local beers on your holiday table? Granted, it can be a challenge to find just the right beer(s) to go with the cornucopia of flavors found in a Thanksgiving feast, but try breaking down the meal with several beer options. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27456 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27456 Today's image titled “Skate this way....” was photographed by Michael Leland. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27504 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27504 Get the holidays rolling early this weekend. The calendar includes: the Holiday Art Fair and Madison Women's Expo; the Wis-Kino Fall Kabaret; productions of <i>The Little Match Girl</i>, <i>1 SW33T R1DE</i>, and the UW Dance Fall Faculty Concert; a book reading by Chris Newbold; Funk Out Cancer!; and, a bumper crop of live music by Carrie Newcomer, Modern Skirts, the MSO, Cougar, Haley Bonar, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Band from TV, Mason Jennings, Jason Isbell ' the 400 Unit, and more. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27503 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27503 Popular fiction is a genre that is distinct from literary fiction, though the boundaries are fluid. I like to think of these categories as either ends of a ruler, with most books falling somewhere between the two ends. A lot of the books I read fall right around the middle of the continuum between popular and literary fiction. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:43:18 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27502 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27502 That bothersome old Communist Clarence Kailin is finally being stuffed into the ground. Dead, you know. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27481 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27481 Madison's Nika Roza Danilova has been very busy with music the past couple years. She has released solo recordings as Zola Jesus, and another album featuring Danilova appeared in October on London's Upset the Rhythm label: <i>Fleurs</i> by Former Ghosts. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27455 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27455 Today's image titled “North Fairchild Street” was photographed by Peter Patau. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27480 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27480 What can you find in this week's <i>Isthmus</i>? Highlights from the latest issue follow. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:45:14 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27464 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27464 Stopped by the Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission hearing Tuesday night at the Verona Senior Center to testify against the so-called Dane County Waterbody Classification Project. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27463 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27463 One of my favorite combinations at the Thanksgiving table is baked squash with some sort of savory stuffing. This year, I'm planning to adapt a Deborah Madison recipe that calls for cream, a leaf of sage, and a spoonful of Gruyere baked inside a mini pumpkin; instead of using Gruyere, I'm going to combine blue cheese with the cream, and a few cranks of black pepper. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27462 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27462 Like the flawed but spectacular Margaret Mitchell novel from which it derives, the movie <i>Gone With the Wind</i> has never lost its power to enthrall and bewitch. Producer David O. Selznick's phenomenal film, can still, like Mitchell's saucy and unconquerable heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, seduce or bulldoze almost all before it. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27454 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27454 Today's image titled “rowing at sunset” was photographed by Monique J. Isham. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27461 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27461 The <i>Isthmus</i> Guest List is back with another round of free tickets to amazing concerts, shows and more fun events around Madison. This week's contests include tickets to: <i>The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)</i>, <i>Step Afrika!</i>, and <i>Grease</i> at Overture; The Books, Boombox, Cross Canadian Ragweed, and James Otto with Jimmy Wayne at the Majestic; Haley Bonar, Jason Isbell ' the 400 Unit, Ari Hest, Natty Nation, and Taylor Hicks at the High Noon; Band to Band Combat at the Frequency; and more! Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27452 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27452 Today's image titled “Wingra Dam” was photographed by Jon Tanke. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27460 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27460 This coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:55:49 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27459 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27459 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett antes up, Gableman's down and dirty tactics endorsed by panel, and would it be repetitive to mention that Blaska is up in arms over nothing again? Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27458 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27458 Folk-rockers Daniel and the Lion have built a local following in less than a year, and they will offer an opportunity for fans to put their audience skills to use at a live DVD filming at the High Noon Saloon on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:06 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27451 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27451 To the ramparts! Prepare the boiling oil! Even Ruben Mamoulian has been released from the dungeon for active duty. Stately Blaska Manor, historic and gracious seat of the Blaska Policy Research Center and Experimental Work Farm, is in the gun sights of the collectivists. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:47:05 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27453 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27453 <i>Autumn Heart</i>, the late fall concert by Kanopy Dance Company at Overture's Promenade Hall last weekend, was predictably inconsistent. Three standouts rescued the eight-piece program from the dustbin of unmemorable Madison dance performances. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27403 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27403 Today's image titled “honk for college” was photographed by Beth McConnell. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27450 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27450 Believe it or not, but this is actually the last complete work week of the month, given the big holiday a week from Thursday. The calendar includes: appearances by Erica and Richard Halverson, Peter Yarrow, and James Norton with Rebecca Dilley; and, live music by Digital Leather, MV ' EE, Vagabond Opera at Mad Toast Live, Two Fresh, Randy Weeks, and Brother Ali. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:54:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27449 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27449 Going to the theater is risky. Theater tickets are investments in the unknown. So often we leave our seats disappointed, thinking that a few pints would have been a better use of the night. Saturday night, as I headed into the strangely balmy air after University Theatre production of <i>Blood Wedding</i>, I felt just the opposite. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:43:13 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27448 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27448 For its 50th anniversary concert, Saturday night in Overture Center's Capitol Theater, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra presented three works of the twentieth century, and one not. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27447 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27447 Nika Roza Danilova is creating quite a buzz in the music blogosphere with her musical alias/one-woman band, Zola Jesus, including a stack of "best of 2008" lists and a recent mention by comics writer/king of all media Warren Ellis. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:21:48 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27446 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27446 Broom Street Theater brings its 40th anniversary season to an end with an adaptation of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i>, which artistic director Callen Harty has twisted and turned into <i>McBeth</i>, an allegory of corporate greed. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27445 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27445 When I heard in 2007 that Michael Dibdin had died, I remember thinking, "Oh darn, I never got around to reading any of his books." What a weird thought, as if the Head Librarian would now be taking all his books off the shelves. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:38 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27444 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27444 Madison Parks Division is moving ahead with plans for an "adopt an ice" partnership to help maintain the city's ice rinks. The city is currently asking residents to help commit to doing maintenance at the city's eight rinks, at Tenney, Vilas, Elver, Olbrich, Warner, Westmorland, Garner Park and Goodman parks. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27437 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27437 Did you catch a glimpse of the harvest moon a few weeks ago? Well, the brewers at Central Waters must have been basking in the moonbeams as they celebrated the release of their latest seasonal creation: Hop Harvest. Brewery staff did more than brew the beer -- they even harvested the hops. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27397 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=27397 Today's image titled “Forever 21 has taken over my mall” was photographed by Katie Hebble.